Speaking at College Green in Dublin Monday, the president introduced himself as "Barack Obama of the Moneygall Obamas" and spoke Gaelic to the cheering crowd.
That guy behind him with the moustache, dressed casual like he's part of the crowd . . is probably NOT part of the crowd. He looks like under cover secret service. He's smiling, clapping but also totally observant to everything around him, eyes constantly scanning around. He looks like he could be packing serious fire power and wouldn't be afraid to use it.
The Irish word for the language is Gaeilge. It is true though that Scots Gaelic is a different but similar language. But the term can be confusing for this reason.
I am impressed, it shows that he (or the advisors who told him to do this) has a great understanding of not only Irish but European Culture, where we can find individual languages in every country in some we have several and the European need to poreserve the Language, like Swiss German, Welsh, Flaemish or Irish, I am impressed
Reagan was as well, making it three. The other "Irish" presidents were the descendants of Ulster Scots who were in Ulster for only 25-150 years by the time the went to the U.S.
I'm strong Highland Scottish (more than a friend of mine who lives in a close proximity to Inverness for as long as his family can remember, according to 23 and me and written records) and I wish this language was preserved in my family. Interestingly, more of my family knows some few phrases in Gulla (South Carolina African language) than Gaelic. Unfortunately I know more Korean (spoken) than either...=(
His mother was from the Hebrides and was actually a Scottish Gaelic speaker. But I doubt Donald can speak any of it at all. Scottish Gaelic and Irish are closely related languages with partial mutual intelligibility.
@@bronsonleach9491 This is an urban legend. Kennedy declared himself a citizen of berlin whereas the word "Berliner" in some regions of germany (not in Berlin) could also be the name of a pastry. So despite the fact that in some regions of germany people could willingly misunderstand Kennedy's speech for the benefit of a very weak pun I assure you that not a single german ever believed that Kennedy called himself a pastry.
Stop arguing over the name of the language. It has many names - Irish, Gaeilge, Gaelic, Gaoluinn/Gaelainn. All are equally acceptable. I'm an Irish language speaker.
Man, America it must be so embarrassing for you guys. you've had the biggest downgrade ever. You had this guy, eloquent, mixed race, charming, upbeat, progressive... and now you have... ... ... 'Donald'. 'Trump'....
Well, I truly hope that Donald Trump proves himself to be the great guy he claims to be. I appreciate that America needs its own politicians to really take care of its people first, but still, the rest of the world needs Americas cooperation and collaboration too. I suppose in this world not everyone is going to get what they want, politically. By the way I think America looks like a beautiful country and I would love to see it first hand.
Quite a wrong assumption actually, Trump is a leader who is better for America's people than those of other countries (think Wilders, Le Pen, Áder, etc.) I much prefer him to Barack Obama, and it's got nothing to do with race, rather the policies he had. In fact, I'd be just as content with a President Ben Carson.
so lemme translate what he’s saying to everyone who can’t speak gaeilge tá áthas orm which means i am happy but it actually means the happiness is on me a chairde friends sorry i’m 12 and suck at irish in school lmaoo
He is not speaking Gaelic he is speaking Irish, nobody calls it Irish and Gaelic is not the official term for it, Gaelic is an umbrella term for a group of multiple ancient celtic languages
I'm happy to be with so many a chairde, lol, he did so well with our irish/gaelic language!! Dunno why people are getting thick over whether it's gaelic or irish, it's the same thing and fair play to Obama, he made the effort and he said it with style (",)
I wish the international media would stop calling our language "Gaelic" it's so patronising. It's called Gaeilge or Irish, NOT GAELIC. Go raibh maith agat.
Hes good... Obama pretends that he does not speak fluent Gaelic...Yeah right He knows it, its his business to know it, and thats all i hve to say about tht
Gaelis is a collective term for a group of languages. Gaeilge is a form of Gaelic spoken in Ireland. By saying the Irish language is not Gaelic is incorrect, it is. Essentially its like this: One car is Mondeo, another a Focus. They're both Fords. A Mondeo is a more accurate term and more specific in description, but it is just as correct to say its also a Ford. You can say its more respectful and more concise to call is Gaeilge though.
I studied Irish for like 12 years in school and it is in fact called Gaelic all over the world!! We, in ireland are actually the only country that call it Irish cos we feel the need to dumb-down everything, including our own native language!!!
@conorucd it's actually called irish gaelic and the irish brought the langage to Scotland where there it became Scottish gaelic, so it is the same thing!
@TheRufus89 no ACTUALLY the language is called "gaeilge", ask any native speaker, they wont call it "gaeilic". Don't tell someone they are wrong unless you have conviction in your correction.
The crowd cheered the Irish language bit, but I Iived in Cork and for school kids there it's probably as popular as a school subject as petrol as is as a beverage! Plus he could have accused them of being child molesters and they wouldn't have known!
@dogwatte13 You're right, a chara -- the name commonly used to refer to the native language of Ireland is "Irish", but that word itself is 'as Bearla'. Gaeilge is the name in Irish. That's why you refer to a word as being 'as gaeilge '. For my money, it's not worth being upset about. A friend of mine from Drogheda would ask her sister the Irish name for something by saying "What's the OLD word for this?" Just speak it whenever you can. Tir gan Teanga -- Tir gan Anam.
Oisin O Lochlainn Obama isn't a War Criminal you Fignorant F**k. You should be ashamed to be Pro-Russian and start to be proud to be a Pro-japanese and even a Pro-japanese pro-korean (Mainly South Korea) because the Japanese and Koreans would love to Support Celtic Independence!!!!
@conorucd Indeed they have become two different things, but they didn't start out that way. Gaels from Ireland settled the Highlands and Islands. Over the centuries, the two languages separated and went their own ways. If you look at older Irish materials before the spelling reform, it looked a good bit more like Scots Gaedhlig. Native speakers from Ulster and the Hebrides get on pretty well, so I hear. Like the English and the Americans, they are separated by a common language.
@JohnAdams198805 Not a Bush fan either, but the implicit suggestion that it is the American president's job to be 'well-liked' is silly. We need to largely stay out of the silly affairs.
His accent is making the words inaudible, which is annoying me. Simple structure, simple meaning, but I can't make it out. Obama, for all the good you do, why can't I hear you properly?
Love him or hate him , he is charismatic, well educated and eloquent. Unlike some people .....
rodimus371 I love him
To whom are you referring to, in particular?! :D AHAHAH
rodimus371 Yeah, some people 🤔
rodimus371 - I miss him..
rodimus371 and an awful president
That guy behind him with the moustache, dressed casual like he's part of the crowd . . is probably NOT part of the crowd. He looks like under cover secret service. He's smiling, clapping but also totally observant to everything around him, eyes constantly scanning around. He looks like he could be packing serious fire power and wouldn't be afraid to use it.
Tonyo1221 it would be against Irish law if he had certain types of firearms
very good observation
Secret Service don't have facial hair
Tonyo1221 - I thought same.
Tonyo1221 you sound aroused, deeply aroused...
"Gaelic" you know the video is from an American when it says that.
Yep gaelige
Wuts it called?
@@supmaidoods8753 irish
@@supmaidoods8753 Gaeilge or they could just say Irish
The Irish word for the language is Gaeilge. It is true though that Scots Gaelic is a different but similar language. But the term can be confusing for this reason.
I am impressed, it shows that he (or the advisors who told him to do this) has a great understanding of not only Irish but European Culture, where we can find individual languages in every country in some we have several and the European need to poreserve the Language, like Swiss German, Welsh, Flaemish or Irish, I am impressed
I am in pain knowing this honorable gentleman didn't pursue his natural path to standup career.
I love the accent he puts on when he starts speaking irish!
And ironically, he is the second president of substantial Irish descent. As in, 50% Irish. Him and Kennedy. All the others were White Anglo Saxon.
W.A.S.P.s
Reagan was as well, making it three. The other "Irish" presidents were the descendants of Ulster Scots who were in Ulster for only 25-150 years by the time the went to the U.S.
Van Buren was Dutch, I'd say that's a bit different
Van Buren and both Roosevelts were Dutch. Van Buren's first language was Dutch.
I'm strong Highland Scottish (more than a friend of mine who lives in a close proximity to Inverness for as long as his family can remember, according to 23 and me and written records) and I wish this language was preserved in my family.
Interestingly, more of my family knows some few phrases in Gulla (South Carolina African language) than Gaelic.
Unfortunately I know more Korean (spoken) than either...=(
If there’s anything I’ve learned from watching Derby Girls is that the Irish turn up the hype when US presidents come to visit. Love y’all lol
Imagine Donald Trump trying to speak Irish. His mother was Scottish and he still probably doesn't even know what Gaelic is.
Scottish gaelic is different from irish gaelic but even then
he struggles enough with English
His mother was from the Hebrides and was actually a Scottish Gaelic speaker. But I doubt Donald can speak any of it at all.
Scottish Gaelic and Irish are closely related languages with partial mutual intelligibility.
Gaelic isn't a language. It's called Irish or Gaelige in irish.
Its Gaeilge
Actually, it technically does. Having an Irish parent automatically makes you a citizen of Ireland, regardless of where you were born.
Wow I'm a citizen in many places
If you can prove their lineage, you are eligible for an Irish passport.
This is a "law of return" and this is very great for nation States
He even attempted the Irish 'r' sound. Fucking love him.
Love the apostrophe joke.
Didn't get it.
Rohan Dsouza Irish surnames beginning with O are usually O’Malley, O’Brien with an O’.
@@lukemulvihill1655 Oooh. Got it now. Thanks a ton 🙂
Barack Hussein O'bama
But what's O'Bama's last name?
Obama's Irish was Excellent....10 out of 10 I say!!
It wasn't
blottz it was for an American who just learned it for a speech.
It is almost as bad as when president Kennedy called himself a jelly donut and never realized it.
@@bronsonleach9491 This is an urban legend. Kennedy declared himself a citizen of berlin whereas the word "Berliner" in some regions of germany (not in Berlin) could also be the name of a pastry. So despite the fact that in some regions of germany people could willingly misunderstand Kennedy's speech for the benefit of a very weak pun I assure you that not a single german ever believed that Kennedy called himself a pastry.
I actually get reminded of JFK listening to him talk
Stop arguing over the name of the language. It has many names - Irish, Gaeilge, Gaelic, Gaoluinn/Gaelainn. All are equally acceptable. I'm an Irish language speaker.
Bruh he had Irelanders fawning over him and he didn’t have to make fun of anyone or flash his wallet to do it.
Obama speaks IRISH/GAEILGE in Ireland, not Gaelic. Gaelic is a branch of languages, and it usually refers to Scottish Gaelic.
Thank you for saying this & I'm not even Irish.
I love this man, an absolute inspiration to every single one of us!
Savour this moment - when you think what followed this eloquent statesman.
Obama was a war criminal and a bad human being no matter how eloquent he spoke.
I am Irish let's go oboma🇮🇪🇮🇪🇺🇸🇺🇸
I am American and I think that Higgins is a pretty nice dude 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇮🇪🇮🇪
I was probably 10 feet from the name it was a experience of a lifetime
"10 feet from the name" ?
You are proud to be near a war criminal? Racist
Man, America it must be so embarrassing for you guys. you've had the biggest downgrade ever. You had this guy, eloquent, mixed race, charming, upbeat, progressive... and now you have... ... ... 'Donald'. 'Trump'....
Well, I truly hope that Donald Trump proves himself to be the great guy he claims to be. I appreciate that America needs its own politicians to really take care of its people first, but still, the rest of the world needs Americas cooperation and collaboration too. I suppose in this world not everyone is going to get what they want, politically. By the way I think America looks like a beautiful country and I would love to see it first hand.
Quite a wrong assumption actually, Trump is a leader who is better for America's people than those of other countries (think Wilders, Le Pen, Áder, etc.) I much prefer him to Barack Obama, and it's got nothing to do with race, rather the policies he had. In fact, I'd be just as content with a President Ben Carson.
actually he was pretty terrible as president- he caused more wars, divided the nation even further, and barely did anything to help the economy
TheOrientalNightFish
What's him being mixed race got to do with anything? Another left wing sjw being racist.
Yes, unfortunately...
"Ta athas orm beith in Eireann".
this man is loved
Obama can speak Irish better than me, and I'm Irish 😬
He speaks Irish better then me and I speak Irish almost every day I very mad
I miss him 😔
so lemme translate what he’s saying to everyone who can’t speak gaeilge
tá áthas orm
which means i am happy but it actually means the happiness is on me
a chairde
friends
sorry i’m 12 and suck at irish in school lmaoo
He's brilliant
He is not speaking Gaelic he is speaking Irish, nobody calls it Irish and Gaelic is not the official term for it, Gaelic is an umbrella term for a group of multiple ancient celtic languages
I'm happy to be with so many a chairde, lol, he did so well with our irish/gaelic language!! Dunno why people are getting thick over whether it's gaelic or irish, it's the same thing and fair play to Obama, he made the effort and he said it with style (",)
Man, I miss this president. The Irish cheered for an American President. Bet they aren’t doing that now.
He said He's happy to be in Ireland.
Gaelic is an Irish sport, Gaeilge is Irish for the Irish Language
Barack, we miss you so much!!! Thank you for being an intelligent, kind, eloquent, worldly, humble, and charismatic president!!!
This is like Stonecold SteveAustin addressing the audience
Ohh the good old days!
Right on Mr. President!!
I creamed myself watching this
OBAMA YOU ARE THE BEST!! i LOVE YOU.
SHAME OF YOU ALL IGNORANT PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
I wish the international media would stop calling our language "Gaelic" it's so patronising. It's called Gaeilge or Irish, NOT GAELIC.
Go raibh maith agat.
The day Obama became O'Bama
My hovercraft is full of eels.
Ctrooper2011 i will not buy this record, it is scratched.
Hes good... Obama pretends that he does not speak fluent Gaelic...Yeah right He knows it, its his business to know it, and thats all i hve to say about tht
It’s not Gaelic the language is called irish
He's happy to be with so many accordians
I could kiss that man 😀
History Decoded. u first
hes hot def
I could barf that man
Poor you!
Gotta get through big Mike first 💪
He's speaking Irish. Gaelic is spoken in Scotland.
Is Trump also of Irish descent?
Gaelis is a collective term for a group of languages. Gaeilge is a form of Gaelic spoken in Ireland. By saying the Irish language is not Gaelic is incorrect, it is. Essentially its like this: One car is Mondeo, another a Focus. They're both Fords. A Mondeo is a more accurate term and more specific in description, but it is just as correct to say its also a Ford. You can say its more respectful and more concise to call is Gaeilge though.
The name of the language is Irish, not Gaelic.
I love the accent XD
you might be an irish citizen but it doesn make irish by blood
that is what im trying to say
For god sake! It's called Irish in English and Gaeilge in the Irish language!
I never liked Obama as a president but man of that guy wasn’t charismatic, charming, and able to work a crowd.
@naryaquid Lol, they are simply being warm and welcoming. There's a very strange undertone to your comment
Yes, Ireland loves the Obama's!
I can't imagine if he visited his Ireland as a us citizen!not as a president!all the fake smiles?
its calld irish not gaelic
Whelp... CBS messed something up.. and it wasnt news
@exhaustedfiles If you were born and raised in Ireland, you would understand that nobody calls it Gaelic, but rather we call it Irish.
These people are broken. A simple sentence in Gaelic and credit default here we go...
yeah I've spoken to Americans who call Irish "Gaelic", it's what they call it, get over it.
I studied Irish for like 12 years in school and it is in fact called Gaelic all over the world!! We, in ireland are actually the only country that call it Irish cos we feel the need to dumb-down everything, including our own native language!!!
I'm American & I call it Irish. Why would your language need to be dumbed down?
@conorucd it's actually called irish gaelic and the irish brought the langage to Scotland where there it became Scottish gaelic, so it is the same thing!
for starters its not called gaelic its is called irish , gaelic is a sport and irish is a language , get it right !!!
Actually, the title is correct. "Irish," in the language Irish is, "An Ghaeilge."
@TheRufus89 no ACTUALLY the language is called "gaeilge", ask any native speaker, they wont call it "gaeilic". Don't tell someone they are wrong unless you have conviction in your correction.
What a legend
wait what.... i said it all wrong
i meant that if you have dark skin and eyes then you are probably not irish
What, you've never heard of the "Black Irish"? (:
@Maria Kelly i would say that even 7 years later
Any leprechaun in the audiens
Wow!
He's soooo brilliant! :-)
...it's gaeilge
The crowd cheered the Irish language bit, but I Iived in Cork and for school kids there it's probably as popular as a school subject as petrol as is as a beverage! Plus he could have accused them of being child molesters and they wouldn't have known!
Can't believe he spoke irish, fair play to him
It's not called Gaelic
I come from a Black Irish family. Please give me a cookie
what did he say in irish?
@dogwatte13 You're right, a chara -- the name commonly used to refer to the native language of Ireland is "Irish", but that word itself is 'as Bearla'. Gaeilge is the name in Irish. That's why you refer to a word as being 'as gaeilge '. For my money, it's not worth being upset about. A friend of mine from Drogheda would ask her sister the Irish name for something by saying "What's the OLD word for this?" Just speak it whenever you can. Tir gan Teanga -- Tir gan Anam.
Wow...big big fans in Ireland or what?
He is a good president...
He called that place home
such a jokester.....just full of fun fun fun
A war criminal and the Irish politicians lick his hole. Fair play to Clare Daly for speaking the truth.........
Oisin O Lochlainn Obama isn't a War Criminal you Fignorant F**k. You should be ashamed to be Pro-Russian and start to be proud to be a Pro-japanese and even a Pro-japanese pro-korean (Mainly South Korea) because the Japanese and Koreans would love to Support Celtic Independence!!!!
Every US president is automatically a war criminal, simply by having the most influential job on earth.
wat a legend
GAELIC IS A SPORT
Obama spoke irish in ireland*
*as gaeilge , not "gaelic"
@conorucd Indeed they have become two different things, but they didn't start out that way. Gaels from Ireland settled the Highlands and Islands. Over the centuries, the two languages separated and went their own ways. If you look at older Irish materials before the spelling reform, it looked a good bit more like Scots Gaedhlig. Native speakers from Ulster and the Hebrides get on pretty well, so I hear. Like the English and the Americans, they are separated by a common language.
@JohnAdams198805 Not a Bush fan either, but the implicit suggestion that it is the American president's job to be 'well-liked' is silly. We need to largely stay out of the silly affairs.
Love him
Gaelic is scottish
Is it just me or did he sound so culchy when he spoke Irish
dogwatte13 knows nothing about linguistics--research Goidelic or the Insular Celtic languages, and then make your comments.
He sounds Scottish when he speaks Irish
His accent is making the words inaudible, which is annoying me. Simple structure, simple meaning, but I can't make it out. Obama, for all the good you do, why can't I hear you properly?
He even pandered in Ireland
That’s was really good
From a Irish flower
ITS CALLED GAILEGE